diff --git a/src/Data/Text/Zipper.hs b/src/Data/Text/Zipper.hs
--- a/src/Data/Text/Zipper.hs
+++ b/src/Data/Text/Zipper.hs
@@ -28,6 +28,7 @@
     -- *Navigation and editing functions
     , moveCursor
     , insertChar
+    , insertMany
     , breakLine
     , killToEOL
     , killToBOL
@@ -183,6 +184,11 @@
 insertChar :: (Monoid a) => Char -> TextZipper a -> TextZipper a
 insertChar '\n' tz = breakLine tz
 insertChar ch tz = tz { toLeft = toLeft tz `mappend` (fromChar tz ch) }
+
+-- |Insert many characters at the current cursor position. Move the
+-- cursor one position to the end of the inserted text.
+insertMany :: (Monoid a) => a -> TextZipper a -> TextZipper a
+insertMany cs tz = tz { toLeft = toLeft tz `mappend` cs }
 
 -- |Insert a line break at the current cursor position.
 breakLine :: (Monoid a) => TextZipper a -> TextZipper a
diff --git a/text-zipper.cabal b/text-zipper.cabal
--- a/text-zipper.cabal
+++ b/text-zipper.cabal
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 name:                text-zipper
-version:             0.5
+version:             0.6
 synopsis:            A text editor zipper library
 description:         This library provides a zipper and API for editing text.
 license:             BSD3